Woman dies in mobile home fire

BRIGHTON — A woman died in an early morning mobile home fire in the 3300 block of Crystal Lake Road.

Authorities have not yet released the name of the victim. They say she was the only person at home at the time of the fire.

“We were dispatched out at 6:07 a.m.,” Deputy Chief John Mueller of the Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Protection District said. “We arrived on scene approximately nine minutes later to find a fully involved fire with a possible occupant.”

According to Mueller, firefighters were able to contain the blaze in the mobile home — which was an older, single-wide model — in about 15 minutes. About half of the structure was damaged.

“Fire suppression was initiated, and a search of the rear of the structure was unsuccessful,” Mueller said. “Once the building was extinguished, the occupant was found.”